SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court is allowing a speedy review of a state pension overhaul that a lower court has declared unconstitutional. The...

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner says a longtime aide to late Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka should take over the job. Topinka died...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner’s team is reviewing potential next steps in the wake of an agreement over the Illinois Lottery that they claim was...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka has died, less than 24 hours after having a stroke. A statement from her office says the 70-year-old...

A Norris City man was incarcerated over the weekend. 32-year old Roman Yates was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year old. Yates...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State workers behind a challenge to an Illinois pension law declared unconstitutional are opposing the government’s attempt to have it speedily heard...

  BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A federal trial is scheduled for early next year for a Chicago man accused of mailing threats of beheadings,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner says the next two years are going to be “very rough” because of Illinois’ financial troubles and he won’t...